Swords, Guns and AI (Excerpt) – Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army

Technology will take us far, far
and farther, until it dumps us
back where we came from, in the
caves, but of concrete ruins.

We will once again fight with
spears and axes, made of broken
bits of chips and circuit boards.
Silicon, lithium, gold, all will
be worthless, apes will barter
again with sheep and boars.

Yesterday’s world was obsessed with swords,
today’s world is obsessed with guns,
tomorrow’s world will be obsessed with AI,
and it always ends up with death and destruction.

Day after tomorrow it’ll be business as usual,
savage world will be back obsessing with fire,
then again with swords, then guns, and so on,
till the sky pours ashes and seas boil over.

What’s so advanced in being the master of war,
we’re advanced when we rise master of peace!